Quick starts pay dividends

One key to the Titans winning back-to-back road games has been their ability to score touchdowns on the first drive of the game.

Against Dallas, the Titans went 80 yards (48 by penalty) in six plays to take a 7-0 lead. Against Jacksonville, the Titans went 79 yards (15 by penalty) in six plays to go ahead 7-0. Tennessee never trailed in either game.

“It’s huge when you talk about it all week – when you talk about ‘Hey, we’re not going to defer, we’re going to take the ball if we win the toss,’ ” Fisher said. “What we need to do, because it’s going to be loud in both places, is we need to go down and get points.

“We did and each of the drives had a significant penalty that changed the field position for us and we made the plays. It’s good for your offense and it’s good for your football team, as opposed to the other option of a three-and-out and a punt, so Vince (Young) did a great job on that drive.”